The Great Depression Book Builder lesson will be implemented in high school U.S. History and Constitution classrooms and will explore entertainment and leisure activities during the Great Depression. The purpose of creating the lesson is to increase learning via the production of an engaging and interactive multimedia tool that will stimulate student interest. Our instructional design approach incorporates text, video, graphics/photos and music clips. Our target students are 16-to-17 years old and in the 11th grade. They may be male or female and be from diverse racial and ethnic groups.
The presentation below gives a brief overview of the content of the Great Depression Book Builder. (MARY)
Our team used the storyboard process in the creation of our Book Builder. Please watch the following video to see the “behind the scenes” of how we were able to work together using Google Docs as our common work space in order to accomplish this task. (SUSAN)
The video below provides an overview of our team's evaluation plan. The underlying methodology and evaluative tools were implemented to ensure our goal of increasing learning by increasing student engagement. (BARBARA)
Students will be assigned to individual computer workstations in their classrooms. If the regular history classrooms do not have computer workstations, computer labs within the high schools can be used instead. Each workstation must have Internet access, capabilities to play video and audio clips, and headphones to minimize noise disruptions.
Prior to starting the Book Builder lesson, the students will take an online Pre-Test to measure their beginning knowledge of the lesson content. This pre-test may be completed either the day before the lesson or the day of the lesson.
The lesson will begin with the teacher providing the URL to the Book Builder lesson and a general overview of how to use the features within Book Builder, such as the coaches, glossary, table of contents, and student response areas. The teacher will also provide instructions on how to complete the lesson and the student response areas. The teacher's expectations of the students will also be discussed. Specifically, students will be instructed to visit each multimedia link within the Book Builder lesson. The teacher is strongly encouraged to guide the students through the first 2 or 3 pages of the Book Builder lesson by completing those pages together as a class. This strategy will allow the teacher to be more specific in how to use each feature, how to access the multimedia links, and how to model an appropriate student response. After the initial instructions and overview, the students will be asked to complete the Book Builder lesson independently and individually. For the remainder of the lesson, the teacher will monitor the students' use of Book Builder, their engagement with the lesson, technical or learning difficulties, responses to learning prompts, and progress toward completion. Although the teacher is not directly delivering the content of the lesson, the teacher should be highly involved with the students throughout the lesson.
The video below provides an instructional overview to teachers on how to implement the Great Depression Book Builder in the classroom. Important teacher preparation steps are detailed as well as introducing Book Builder to students, staying actively engaged with your students during the lesson, and administering pre- and post-tests to assess learning. (ERIN)
The video below is a brief tutorial on the usage of features that we incorporated into our project. It can be found on the page following the table of contents and provides the user with some brief instructions that may be beneficial in navigating our book. The running time is a little longer than seven minutes in order to cover all the features included in the book. (SHAWN)
Immediately after completing the Book Builder lesson, the students will take an online Post-Test to measure their knowledge of the lesson content and the effectiveness of the lesson in meeting the learning objectives.
Included in the post-test, students will complete a brief student satisfaction survey to determine their overall satisfaction and engagement with the Book Builder lesson and the use of Book Builder as a learning tool.
Technology Needs
Pre-Test
Teacher and Student Roles
Post-Test
Student Satisfaction Survey
Implementation Overview
The Great Depression Book Builder lesson will be implemented in high school U.S. History and Constitution classrooms and will explore entertainment and leisure activities during the Great Depression. The purpose of creating the lesson is to increase learning via the production of an engaging and interactive multimedia tool that will stimulate student interest. Our instructional design approach incorporates text, video, graphics/photos and music clips. Our target students are 16-to-17 years old and in the 11th grade. They may be male or female and be from diverse racial and ethnic groups.The presentation below gives a brief overview of the content of the Great Depression Book Builder. (MARY)
Our team used the storyboard process in the creation of our Book Builder. Please watch the following video to see the “behind the scenes” of how we were able to work together using Google Docs as our common work space in order to accomplish this task. (SUSAN)
The video below provides an overview of our team's evaluation plan. The underlying methodology and evaluative tools were implemented to ensure our goal of increasing learning by increasing student engagement. (BARBARA)
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Technology Needs
Students will be assigned to individual computer workstations in their classrooms. If the regular history classrooms do not have computer workstations, computer labs within the high schools can be used instead. Each workstation must have Internet access, capabilities to play video and audio clips, and headphones to minimize noise disruptions.Top
Pre-Test
Prior to starting the Book Builder lesson, the students will take an online Pre-Test to measure their beginning knowledge of the lesson content. This pre-test may be completed either the day before the lesson or the day of the lesson.Top
Teacher and Student Roles
The lesson will begin with the teacher providing the URL to the Book Builder lesson and a general overview of how to use the features within Book Builder, such as the coaches, glossary, table of contents, and student response areas. The teacher will also provide instructions on how to complete the lesson and the student response areas. The teacher's expectations of the students will also be discussed. Specifically, students will be instructed to visit each multimedia link within the Book Builder lesson. The teacher is strongly encouraged to guide the students through the first 2 or 3 pages of the Book Builder lesson by completing those pages together as a class. This strategy will allow the teacher to be more specific in how to use each feature, how to access the multimedia links, and how to model an appropriate student response. After the initial instructions and overview, the students will be asked to complete the Book Builder lesson independently and individually. For the remainder of the lesson, the teacher will monitor the students' use of Book Builder, their engagement with the lesson, technical or learning difficulties, responses to learning prompts, and progress toward completion. Although the teacher is not directly delivering the content of the lesson, the teacher should be highly involved with the students throughout the lesson.The video below provides an instructional overview to teachers on how to implement the Great Depression Book Builder in the classroom. Important teacher preparation steps are detailed as well as introducing Book Builder to students, staying actively engaged with your students during the lesson, and administering pre- and post-tests to assess learning. (ERIN)
The video below is a brief tutorial on the usage of features that we incorporated into our project. It can be found on the page following the table of contents and provides the user with some brief instructions that may be beneficial in navigating our book. The running time is a little longer than seven minutes in order to cover all the features included in the book. (SHAWN)
Top
Post-Test
Immediately after completing the Book Builder lesson, the students will take an online Post-Test to measure their knowledge of the lesson content and the effectiveness of the lesson in meeting the learning objectives.Top
Student Satisfaction Survey
Included in the post-test, students will complete a brief student satisfaction survey to determine their overall satisfaction and engagement with the Book Builder lesson and the use of Book Builder as a learning tool.Top